WEBVTT THEIR DAUGHTERS ARE SEEKING AMORE LASTING TRIBUTE, NOTNECESSARILY IN THEIR NAMES, THATWILL HAVE A POSITIVE IMPACT FORFAMILIES HERE IN MD AND ACROSSTHE COUNTRY.>> WHEN YOU ARE TOLD YOU ARENEVER GOING TO SEE YOUR DADAGAIN AND YOU KNOW HE IS SICKAND YOU DON'T KNOW HOW LONG HEHAS IT IS THE MOST PAINFUL THING, YOU COULD EVER IMAGINE.DAVID KERRI KASEM IS THE: DAUGHTER OF LEGENDARY RADIOD.J. KASEY KASEM.KASEM'S SECOND WIFE MOVED HERHUSBAND FROM STATE TO STATE, TAKING HIM AWAY FROM HISCHILDREN DURING THE FINAL DAYSOF HIS LIFE.KERIE NEVER GOT TO SAY GOODBYE.IN MANY STATES GUARDIANS ARELEGALLY ALLOWED TO CHOOSE WHOCAN VISIT AND DON'T ALWAYS LOOK, AFTER THE BEST INTEREST OF WHOTHEY OVERSEE.>> THEY COLLECT PEOPLE.SO WHETHER YOU HAVE MONEY OR NOTYOU CAN HAVE A GUARDIAN THAT HAS80 TO A 100 PEOPLE UNDER THEM.THEY ARE NOT VISITING AND THEYARE ISOLATING PEOPLE.THEY ARE USING PEOPLE AS HUMANATM MACHINES.DAVID KERRI STARTED KASEM CARES,: A NONPROFIT TO LOBBY FORVISITATION RIGHTS BILLS IN ALL50 STATES.IN MARYLAND, THE LEGISLATIONEXPANDS THE DUTIES THAT A COURTMAY GRANT TO A GUARDIAN.>> PETITION THE COURT.THE COURT WILL SEND WHETHER ITSAN ATTORNEY OR A SOCIAL WORKERTO GO VISIT WITH THE PERSON THATHAS BEEN ISOLATED AND WOULD ASKTHEM YOU WOULD YOU LIKE TO BESIN?YOUR KIDS HAVEN'T ABANDONED YOU.-- SEEN?YOUR KIDS HAVEN'T ABANDONED YOU.WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE SEEN AND IFTHEY SAY NO IT ENDS THERE.DAVID: KELLY ROONEY, THEDAUGHTER OF HOLLYWOOD LEGENDMICKEY ROONEY, IS ALSO PART OFTHE LOBBYING EFFORT IN MARYLAND.>> THERE'S PEOPLE THAT AREWAITING FOR THESE BILLS TO PASSSO THEY CAN GO SEE THEIR LOVEDONES AND THEIR LOVED ONES AREWAITING TO SEE THEM.DAVID THE BILL ALSO REQUIRES: GUARDIANS TO NOTIFY FAMILIESWHEN A LOVED ONE HAS BEEN IN THEHOSPITAL 3 OR MORE DAYS OR HASDIED.11 STATES HAVE PASSED SIMILARLEGISLATION OR ARE CONSIDERING

There was star power in Annapolis Wednesday as the daughters of two Hollywood greats lobbied lawmakers.

Legendary radio DJ Casey Kasem's daughter, Kerrie Kasem, and actor Mickey Rooney's daughter, Kelly Rooney, support legislation clearing the way for children to visit their ailing parents.

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Kasem and Rooney are remembered by stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Their daughters are seeking a more lasting tribute, not necessarily in their names, that will have a positive impact for families in Maryland and across the country.

"When you are told you are never going to see your dad again and you know he is sick, and you don't know how long he has, it is the most painful thing you could ever imagine," Kerrie Kasem said.

Kasem's second wife moved her husband from state to state, taking him away from his children during the final days of his life. Kerrie Kasem never got to say goodbye.

In many states, guardians are legally allowed to choose who can visit and don't always look after the best interest of who they oversee.

"They collect people. So whether you have money or not, you can have a guardian that has 80 to a 100 people under them. They are not visiting and they are isolating people. They are using people as human ATM machines," Kerrie Kasem said.

She started Kasem Cares, a nonprofit to lobby for visitation rights bills in all 50 states.

In Maryland, the legislation expands the duties that a court may grant to a guardian.

"Petition the court. The court will send, whether it's an attorney or a social worker, to go visit with the person that has been isolated and would ask them, 'Would you like to be seen? Your kids haven't abandoned you. Would you like to be seen?' And if they say, 'No,' it ends there," Delegate Sid Saab said.

Kelly Rooney is also part of the lobbying effort in Maryland.

"There's people that are waiting for these bills to pass so they can go see their loved ones and their loved ones are waiting to see them," Kelly Rooney said.

The bill also requires guardians to notify families when a loved one has been in the hospital three or more days or has died. Eleven states have passed similar legislation or are considering it.